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NETRONICS Elf II
The Netronics ELF II was an early microcomputer trainer kit featuring the RCA 1802 microprocessor, 256 bytes of RAM, DMA-based bitmap graphics, hexadecimal keypad, two digit hexadecimal LED display, a single "Q" LED, and 5 expansion slots. The system was developed and sold by Netronics Research and Development Limited in New Milford, CT, USA. Unlike similar "bare circuit card" trainer/experimenter computers of the day, the ELF II could be easily expanded thanks to its built-in bus. Memory ...
ECD CORPORATION Micromind
The Micromind was a very innovative machine ahead of its time ! But despite the small group working on the machine, prototyping and developing, and pushing the limits of the time, the machine never shipped. Apparently only a few prototypes were produced. Development began as early 1975/1976 but commercial adverts appeared only in 1977. One of the main features of the Micromind was its innovative (for the time) redefinable characters. Up to 120 characters could be software redefined by the ...
SEMI-TECH (STM) PC
This extremely rare computer is Portable PC (IBM compatible) conceived in the same plastic case as the Pied Piper, released by the same company in 1983. This computer incorporates a lot of features in a compact case, which was quite innovative at the time: built-in LCD display, printer, modem, phone and disk drives ! The STM PC is based on an Intel 80186 processor and two quadruple-density disk drives. The processor is faster than the one used in the IBM PC, a...
LOGICAL MACHINE CORPORATION (LOMAC) Goliath
Logical’s Goliath is a server or disk file storage device has it was described at the time. It has a capacity for 10 MByte, 30 MByte or 50 MByte of fixed disk storage and 10 MBytes of removable storage. The unit, which also houses the controller, may have memory ranging from 64K to 256K and capacity for up to 20 terminals. Up to 20 Tina or David computers can link to Goliath as a distributed data processing system. For ...
LOGICAL MACHINE CORPORATION (LOMAC) Adam
The Adam was the first computer released by Logical Machine Corporation (LOMAC) in 1975. In 1978 they also produced Tina which stands for "TINy Adam". In 1983 Logical released the David, and the L-XT in 1983. There was also the Goliath, a data storage server with 5MB hard drive. Goliath could be connected to up to 20 Davids or Tinas. David and Goliath names makes a clear reference to the mythic...
LOGICAL MACHINE CORPORATION (LOMAC) Tina
The Adam was the first computer released by Logical Machine Corporation (LOMAC) in 1976. In 1978 they produced Tina which stands for "TINy Adam". It seems to have the same specs as David but with two 8'' floppy disk drives. There was also the Goliath, a data storage server with 5MB hard drive. Goliath could be connected to up to 20 Davids or Tinas. David and Goliath names makes a clear reference to the mythical story found in the biblical Book of S...
LOGICAL MACHINE CORPORATION (LOMAC) L-XT
The L-XT was the last computer released by Logical Business Machines, after the Adam, the David, the Tina and the Goliath in 1982. It was announced at the 1983 COMDEX Fall in Las Vegas, and commercially available in March 1984. The L-XT uses a 16-bit Intel 8088 CPU with 192KB RAM, and equipped with a 5.25'' floppy drive unit (320 KB capacity) and a 10 MB hard disk (upgradable to 60 MB)...
LOGICAL MACHINE CORPORATION (LOMAC) David
The David is not the first computer released by Logical Business Machines. In 1974, LOMAC (Logical Machine Corporation) released the Adam. Some times later they also produced Tina (for TINy Adam). There was also the Goliath, a data storage server with 5MB hard drive. Goliath could be connected to up to 20 Davids or Tinas. David and Goliath names makes a clear reference to the mythical story found in the biblical Book of Samuel. The David is powered by a 16-bit Intel 8086 CPU w...
GESPAC Gescomp 720 / 730
GESPAC SA was a Swiss company who designed the G-64/96 Bus in 1979. This interface bus concept provides a simple way to interface microprocessor modules with memory and peripheral modules on a parallel bus. The G-64/96 Bus uses a simple, yet modern and powerful interface scheme which allows a higher level of functionality from the single height Eurocard form factor. The low overhead of the G-64/96 Bus interface greatly eases the design of custom boards by the User. This is why, even many year...
WELECT  W86
The W86 is a french computer released in 1983 by Welect. It's the second computer released by Welect after the W80.2. The W86 is powered by an Intel 8086 (hence its name) to catch up with the IBM PC compatible trend of the moment and is thus able to run MS-DOS. But the W86 is also equipped with a Z80A to also be CP/M 86 compatible. It's thus an hybrid machine typical of the mid-80s when the professional industry was moving from CP/M to MS-DOS. There are 128...

   RANDOM SYSTEMS
R2E  Micral 8030 series
Even though we know almost nothing about this Micral series, it was probably one of the first of the Micral 80xx series to be designed by R2E. Its hardware design was the same as the first Micral models, a bus card mounted along with several daughter boards. In the following models, i.e. the 8020 series, R2E had used a single board with expansion slots. The Micral 8030 and 8031 belonged to the same family. At least 4 versions of 8031 were launched, f...
ALTOS COMPUTER SYSTEMS ACS-186
The Altos 186 was based on the "brand new" 16-bit iApx 186 CPU, in fact the (sometimes called "Lost Generation") Intel 80186. Compared to the previous Altos models, the new design made it less bulky. The main unit is at last smaller than the keyboard or the monitor. The main unit houses a 720k 3.5" disk-drive and a 10 MB hard-disk. ...
SEARS PONG (Model 25796)
This is the Sears version of Atari Pong (model C-100). Read this entry for more info. ...
YAMAHA  C1
The Yamaha C1 was released in 1987 and is basically a 80286 processor based PC with 8 built in MIDI ports for use in applications where there are many MIDI instruments to address. By 1987 some machines which were capable of responding on multiple MIDI channels were appearing, and some earlier machines could only function in "omni" mode which meant that they needed a whole 16 channel port to themselves or they would play every time a note intended for another instrument was sent. Since ...
NEC  PC-FX
With the innovative design and power of the PC-FX, the face of videogaming has changed. Sporting a 32-BIT V810 processor, millions of colors, and one of the highest quality FMV in any home video game system, the PC-FX is definitely the system to get your hands on for some great gaming excitement. It all started with the joint collaboration of NEC Home Electronics and Hudson Soft of Japan that spawned the PC-FX on December 23, 1994... The PC-FX is one of the most unique video game systems ...
YAMAHA  CX5M Music Computer
This Yamaha computer was specialised in music and sound production. In fact it was a classic MSX 1, with a special Yamaha synthesizer built-in (SFG-01) and optional piano keyboard. It was clearly designed to be a computer for musicians. You got 48 internal voices with a really suprising quality for that time. It was a real synthesizer (equivalent of the Yamaha DX-9 synth.), with which you could change or create your own sounds. The CX5M was in fact the same ...
AVT ELECTRONICS Comp 2
This is quite a rare computer ! It was conceived by a dutch company called AVT Electronics. AVT is short for Alex van Tienhoven, then the owner of the company. This computer was made in Korea as per AVT's design... This obscure system is Apple II compatible (hardware & software), hence the "Comp2" name. The system is composed of a separate keyboard and a big case housing two 5''1/4 disk-drives, the mainboard and 8 expansion slots. Seven of these slots are Apple compatible and the last one ...
MUSTANG 9016 Telespiel Computer
The Mustang 9016 is one of the few RCA Studio II clones. You sould read its entry for more info about the Mustang itself. The Mustang 9016 is thus a programmmable console which looks like a pong system, the most popular systems when the RCA Studio appeared. Like the Studio II, the Mustang 9016 seems to also have 5 built in games: Bowling, Freeway (car racing), Patterns, Doodles, and Math (any confirmation would be nice). The controllers are quit...
UNIVOX 41N
The Univox 41N is a classic pong system sold in France. It can also be found worldwide under many different brands, as the Grandstand T.V. Game Model 2000 for example, or the Intel TV Sport 1004 in Germany (1977). It seems to have been quite popular as many for them were found in french flea markets and boot sales. The system itself seems to have been made in Korea. The electronic board is labeled "F'GAMATIC-7600". Indeed many Gamatic 7600 systems identi...
OKI  IF COM7
We have no information about this system, please help !...

   LATEST COMMENTS
RetroComputer.cz
9/23/2023
MATSUSHITA  National JR 200
More games for National JR-200 can be found here and they work : http://inufuto.web.fc2.com/8bit/

RetroComputer.cz
9/23/2023
MATSUSHITA  National JR 100
More games for National JR-100 can be found here and they work : http://inufuto.web.fc2.com/8bit/

Attila Asztalos
9/22/2023
ELECTRONICA CIP-03
A rather important (but as far as I''m aware, entirely obscure*) feature of the CIP03 was that it still contained a full 64K or RAM, besides the 16K ROM. Clearly, given the 64K address space, only 48K of that RAM remained accessible at runtime - but what most people didn''t seem to realize is that the low 16 of RAM remained accessible FOR WRITING during normal operation, with a D-latch at $I can''t remember which I/O address$ accessible to FLIP that, leaving now the ROM getting accessed for writing (LOL) and the RAM FOR READING, instead of the EPROM. So basically all you had to do was "copy the first 16K onto itself" first, changing whatever you didn''t like about the original BASIC, then flip the latch and bingo you were running your "improved OS". Which worked wonders for me in fixing the notoriously broken Spectrum NMI vector - now I could run my code any time at the click of a button in a way that was impossible to interfere with in software: basically, a "cheat POKE" user''s wet dream. It was bloody GLORIOUS. Later at some point the same trick worked like magic to transfer code from a CIP03 to an emulator on a PC via a custom, jury-rigged expansion port -$ LPT1 connection: at any point you wished, you pressed the button hooked up to the NMI pin, the CIP froze in place (running my pre-loaded glue code) and transferred the full contents of the upper 48K to a companion Pascal program running on the PC that wrote it into an emulator file$ then you just loaded that file into an emulator, and watched your game un-freeze from the exact spot you stopped it at. * upon discovery of this "feature", I obviously tried to inquire about it at the local Electronica service. The "WTF"-slash-"huh?" attitude of the staff was utterly priceless.

Cyberspider75
9/19/2023
SANDS 3000
It connects to your TV antenna socket to play 1 of 4 different pong games: tennis, hockey, squash (1 player) and squash (2 players). The player slider control are detachable from the main console. The console runs on 6 C-size batteries, or from a 9V external power supply (not included). I don''t have the UHF cable, but I think it''s just a standard TV aerial cable.

Cyberspider75
9/19/2023
SANDS 3000
Actually, I''ve just found out that it was around 1977 that it was bought.

Cyberspider75
9/19/2023
SANDS 3000
I''ve got a Sands 3000 in its original box with instructions which was bought in the early to mid 70''s. Its been in the box since the 80s so it is in very good condition indeed. Anyone want to buy it?

RetroAndGaming
9/12/2023
ATARI  1400 XL
The Atari 1400XL and 1450XLD was featured in the Antic Magazine Buyers Guide for christmas (December) 1983. Page 84.


   RANDOM SOFTWARE TITLES
STARTREK
Compucolor
company unknown - year unknown
 game - space - star trek
GRADIUS
Sharp X1
Konami - year unknown
 game - horizontal scrolling - shoot them up
HARD DRIVIN' (PA2044)
Atari Lynx
Atari, NuFX Inc., Tengen - 1991
 game - car - driving
STUNT CYCLE
Atari Stunt Cycle (model SC-450)
Atari - 1977
 game - motocross - motorbike - stunt
EXCITE INVADER
Gakken Compact Vision TV-Boy
Gakken - 1983
 game - shoot them up - space
TV SCHOOL HOUSE I (18V500)
RCA Studio II
RCA - 1977
 game -
NFL FOOTBALL (PA2045)
Atari Lynx
Atari - 1992
 game - american football - nfl - sport
FAT BOBBY (PROTOTYPE)
Atari Lynx
Atari (publisher), Lore Games (developer), Purple - year unknown
 game - platform - prototype
BASIC MATH (CX2661)
Atari 2600
Atari - 1977
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 game - educational game - mathematics - mind games
WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP (J9070E)
Atari Jaguar compatible systems
Atari (publisher), High Voltage Software (developer) - 1995
 game - basketball - sport
MATH QUIZ I (VIDEOCART-06)
Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild - 1977
 game - mathematics - mind games
ROAD RACE (AY-3-8603) (2)
Bandai TV Jack 5000
Bandai (publisher) - 1978
 game - car - racing
HOCKEY (PA2052)
Atari Lynx
Alpine Studios (developer), Atari (publisher) - 1992
 game - hockey - sport
BRICKDOWN / SHOOTING GALLERY (MG1005)
APF MP1000 systems
APF Electronics - 1978
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 game - ball and paddle - breakout - shooting gallery
HESITATION
Arcade
Allied Leisure - 1974
 game - ball and paddle

   RANDOM ADVERTS
1976 price list

MITS
ALTAIR 8800

 
New Zeland advert (1...

TANDY RADIO SHACK
TRS 80 MODEL II

 
Radiola advert. 1

PHILIPS
VG 5000

 
German advert

SINCLAIR
ZX 81

 
Terak 8510a brochure...

TERAK CORPORATION
8510 Data Processor

 
Spanish advert (1984...

LOGICAL MACHINE CORPORATION (LOMAC)
L-XT

 
UK advert, Oct. 1983

GEMINI
GALAXY

 
In the kitchen...

THOMSON
TO 7

 
US advert, July 1985

DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
300 Professional series

 
Your Computer articl...

SANYO
PHC-10

 
U.S. advert (1980)

INTERTEC
SUPERBRAIN

 
Promo brochure - rec...

WICAT
150

 
French ad (dec. 1986...

MULTITECH
MPF-I/88

 
U.S. ad #1 (1982)

PANASONIC
HHC

 
U.S. advert (1976)

POLYMORPHIC
POLY 88

 
UK advert, Oct. 1983

FORTUNE
32:16

 
US advert (april 198...

NORTHSTAR
Horizon

 
French ad (dec. 1983...

ORIC
ORIC 1

 
French advert (jan. ...

APPLE
APPLE IIc

 
1978 brochure #13

MSI
6800

 
Advert #2

PEERLESS
150

 
US advert

LOGICAL MACHINE CORPORATION (LOMAC)
Adam

 
Prototype software

THOMSON
TO 7

 
Swedish advert

COMMODORE
C64

 
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